Killer Inspires Drive Against Hepatitis Bias - CHINA

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CDC HIV/STD/TB Prevention News Update

Friday, January 16, 2004

CHINA:

" Killer Inspires Drive Against Hepatitis Bias "

Los Angeles Times (01.08.04):: Ching-Ching Ni

Zhou Yichao, rejected for a public servant job in Jiaxing

because he tested positive for hepatitis B, killed one official

who denied his application and seriously wounded another. The

plight of Zhou - now on death row - has inspired a national

movement against discriminatory hiring practices and lack of

legal redress.

More than 120 million people in China - about 10 percent of

the population - are chronic carriers of hepatitis B. Many, like

Zhou, show no symptoms and should not pose a threat to co-

workers. Hepatitis B is spread through the exchange of bodily

fluids and cannot be contracted through casual contact such as

shaking hands. Hepatitis B can lead to liver failure and death.

More than a million people die from it every year, about a third

of them Chinese.

Hepatitis B is incurable but preventable with a vaccine. The

Chinese government is stepping up efforts to immunize newborns

and gradually reduce the overall infected population. As China

begins to pay more attention to the plight of HIV/AIDS patients

and public health in general after last year's SARS outbreak,

hepatitis is starting to inch toward the forefront of public

debate.

Zhang Xianzhu, another recent college graduate rejected by a

state employer after his hepatitis B test, filed the country's

first discrimination lawsuit against the government. " I wanted to

do something for this community, " Zhang said. " I did it because

there are so many people like me locked out of jobs and rotting

in their little dark corners of the world. We face a crisis of

survival. "

" We are talking about people driven by the power of

despair, " said a hepatitis B carrier who would not reveal his

name for fear of jeopardizing his job. " Without work, how can we

survive? Society has to do something to reduce the social

pressure and preserve our basic human rights. "

[Guest guest]

CDC HIV/STD/TB Prevention News Update

Friday, January 16, 2004

CHINA:

" Killer Inspires Drive Against Hepatitis Bias "

Los Angeles Times (01.08.04):: Ching-Ching Ni

Zhou Yichao, rejected for a public servant job in Jiaxing

because he tested positive for hepatitis B, killed one official

who denied his application and seriously wounded another. The

plight of Zhou - now on death row - has inspired a national

movement against discriminatory hiring practices and lack of

legal redress.

More than 120 million people in China - about 10 percent of

the population - are chronic carriers of hepatitis B. Many, like

Zhou, show no symptoms and should not pose a threat to co-

workers. Hepatitis B is spread through the exchange of bodily

fluids and cannot be contracted through casual contact such as

shaking hands. Hepatitis B can lead to liver failure and death.

More than a million people die from it every year, about a third

of them Chinese.

Hepatitis B is incurable but preventable with a vaccine. The

Chinese government is stepping up efforts to immunize newborns

and gradually reduce the overall infected population. As China

begins to pay more attention to the plight of HIV/AIDS patients

and public health in general after last year's SARS outbreak,

hepatitis is starting to inch toward the forefront of public

debate.

Zhang Xianzhu, another recent college graduate rejected by a

state employer after his hepatitis B test, filed the country's

first discrimination lawsuit against the government. " I wanted to

do something for this community, " Zhang said. " I did it because

there are so many people like me locked out of jobs and rotting

in their little dark corners of the world. We face a crisis of

survival. "

" We are talking about people driven by the power of

despair, " said a hepatitis B carrier who would not reveal his

name for fear of jeopardizing his job. " Without work, how can we

survive? Society has to do something to reduce the social

pressure and preserve our basic human rights. "

[Guest guest]

CDC HIV/STD/TB Prevention News Update

Friday, January 16, 2004

CHINA:

" Killer Inspires Drive Against Hepatitis Bias "

Los Angeles Times (01.08.04):: Ching-Ching Ni

Zhou Yichao, rejected for a public servant job in Jiaxing

because he tested positive for hepatitis B, killed one official

who denied his application and seriously wounded another. The

plight of Zhou - now on death row - has inspired a national

movement against discriminatory hiring practices and lack of

legal redress.

More than 120 million people in China - about 10 percent of

the population - are chronic carriers of hepatitis B. Many, like

Zhou, show no symptoms and should not pose a threat to co-

workers. Hepatitis B is spread through the exchange of bodily

fluids and cannot be contracted through casual contact such as

shaking hands. Hepatitis B can lead to liver failure and death.

More than a million people die from it every year, about a third

of them Chinese.

Hepatitis B is incurable but preventable with a vaccine. The

Chinese government is stepping up efforts to immunize newborns

and gradually reduce the overall infected population. As China

begins to pay more attention to the plight of HIV/AIDS patients

and public health in general after last year's SARS outbreak,

hepatitis is starting to inch toward the forefront of public

debate.

Zhang Xianzhu, another recent college graduate rejected by a

state employer after his hepatitis B test, filed the country's

first discrimination lawsuit against the government. " I wanted to

do something for this community, " Zhang said. " I did it because

there are so many people like me locked out of jobs and rotting

in their little dark corners of the world. We face a crisis of

survival. "

" We are talking about people driven by the power of

despair, " said a hepatitis B carrier who would not reveal his

name for fear of jeopardizing his job. " Without work, how can we

survive? Society has to do something to reduce the social

pressure and preserve our basic human rights. "

[Guest guest]

CDC HIV/STD/TB Prevention News Update

Friday, January 16, 2004

CHINA:

" Killer Inspires Drive Against Hepatitis Bias "

Los Angeles Times (01.08.04):: Ching-Ching Ni

Zhou Yichao, rejected for a public servant job in Jiaxing

because he tested positive for hepatitis B, killed one official

who denied his application and seriously wounded another. The

plight of Zhou - now on death row - has inspired a national

movement against discriminatory hiring practices and lack of

legal redress.

More than 120 million people in China - about 10 percent of

the population - are chronic carriers of hepatitis B. Many, like

Zhou, show no symptoms and should not pose a threat to co-

workers. Hepatitis B is spread through the exchange of bodily

fluids and cannot be contracted through casual contact such as

shaking hands. Hepatitis B can lead to liver failure and death.

More than a million people die from it every year, about a third

of them Chinese.

Hepatitis B is incurable but preventable with a vaccine. The

Chinese government is stepping up efforts to immunize newborns

and gradually reduce the overall infected population. As China

begins to pay more attention to the plight of HIV/AIDS patients

and public health in general after last year's SARS outbreak,

hepatitis is starting to inch toward the forefront of public

debate.

Zhang Xianzhu, another recent college graduate rejected by a

state employer after his hepatitis B test, filed the country's

first discrimination lawsuit against the government. " I wanted to

do something for this community, " Zhang said. " I did it because

there are so many people like me locked out of jobs and rotting

in their little dark corners of the world. We face a crisis of

survival. "

" We are talking about people driven by the power of

despair, " said a hepatitis B carrier who would not reveal his

name for fear of jeopardizing his job. " Without work, how can we

survive? Society has to do something to reduce the social

pressure and preserve our basic human rights. "